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Guy Dauncey works to develop a positive vision of sustainable future, and translate into action. Author of The Economics of Kindness (January 2026)
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The Economics of Kindness: Guy Dauncey shares why we need to design economy as if life matters

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By Guy Dauncey
| Countercurrents
In places where there’s no decent library, no regular bus service, no bike lanes, no joyful gathering spaces, and where people are not meeting to find solutions to local problems, community wealth can be weak. In places where there’s always so much going on, on the other hand, where nature is protected, where there’s a club for every interest, where people know their neighbours, and where there is a committed effort to tackle local problems, community wealth is strong.
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Capitalism tells us we are selfish. Evolution tells a different story

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By Guy Dauncey
| Countercurrents
Image by Navdanya, biodiversity protection movement You might think it’s human nature to be selfish – and you might offer a random sampling of any day’s news as evidence that it’s true. But it’s not. For sure, we are often selfish and greedy, and our selfishness sometimes pushes us off the rails into dire things like fascism, but the impulse to be kind and cooperative is as old as the hills. Indigenous people all over the world still live by these values, as do most of the rest of us.
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How to end capitalism – and build a kind, green, cooperative economy. Cont’d

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By Guy Dauncey
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Image by Navdanya, biodiversity protection movement In a capitalist economy, fiscal policy determines how the government balances taxation, spending, investing, and borrowing. The belief is that a nation is like a household: you need to balance the books, and that taxation produces revenues, which the government spends.
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